Hanger



1,608,034 W. M. BAILEY ET AL Nov. 23 1926.

HANGER F119 Dec. 10. '1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventors.-

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warren STATES WILLIAM MpBAILEY AND JOHN L. Puma, or -IBbS'1.0N,MASSACHUSETTS.

, HANGER.

Application flledDecember 16,,1920L serial'No. 4291773.

The present invention relates to hangers, and is more particularlyuseful in supporting temporarily joists, plinths, floors and the like inbuilding construction.

During the hardening or setting of the freshly poured concrete ofconcrete flooring, it is necessary to support temporarily portions ofthe floor, particularly the portions j ust above the supporting'columns.According to present practice, this support is obtained through woodenframeworks or plinths that are held in position under the flooring bytemporary wooden scaffolding extending from floor tofioor. Scaffoldingof this'chara'cter isexpen'siveto erect and to take down, becauseinvolving the useof higlr ly paid, skilled labor, and is, furthermore,unsatisfactory because the'heavy plinths are liable to fall when it isattempted [to remove thescafi'ol'ding, causing damage. The use ofhangers has accordingly been suggested, but those of the typesheretofore proposed have been'so clumsy and awkward to manipulate thatbuilders still prefer the unsatisfactory and expensive scaffolding.

It is accordingly the object of the present invention to provide a newand. improved hanger that shall be simplein construction, cheap,effective and easily applied and removed.

To this end, a feature of the invention resides in mounting a simplyconstructed hanger upon a convenient stationary supporting frame, thehanger being provided with a leg that carries readily removable,adjustable supporting means for a joist or the like. By suitablyadjusting or removing the supiorting means, the joist, with the plinthor other framework supported thereon, may be readily'raised or loweredto any required degree, or removed altogether. The hanger is thus easilyand readily manipulated, and the plinth, after theconcrete has becomesufficiently set, may betlowered away from the flooring and held inloweredposition until it. is removed, element by ele'ment,jby"unskilledlabor, and without danger ofthe' mass falling as a whole upon the floorbelow and causing damage.

With the above end in view, the" invention consists of the hangerhereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, anddefined in the appendedrla'im's.

The inventionwill be"fu'rther explained in 'connec'tion with, the acconpanying' drawings, in which Fig; l' is a pers 'ie'ctiveview of aflooring in process of construction, with parts broken away and omittedfor clearn'ess, showing a' preferred form of hanger cjn ibod-yiiig thepresent invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view oft-he same; Fig. .3 is asection taken upon the line" 8-3 of Fig; 2, looking in the direction ofthe arrows; and Fig. 1 is aperspective View, on an enlarged scale, of aportion of Fig. 1, showing more'cleai ly the constructional details ofthe preferred hanger. I

The hanger of thepre'sent invention may assume any of. a number ofdillerent embodiirients, one preferred forinj only being shown inthedralwiii'gsf v It will beunde rstood that the hanger may be employedin various arts to support many different types of struc tures. I Thesestructures m'ay be," typified in the j'oistjor' joists 2. A plinth,consisting preferably 10f two plinth vpart-s 4' and 6 Sep arable at 8,maybe supported upon and by plnra'lity of joists 2. The plinth shown fornlustratiife purposes is'of the drop-panel form, as will be clearfrom'Figxl, itbeing understood that concrete will" be poured therein andinto the columnshell 9 andallowed tohai deii. or set. hanger must besecured to some supportingframework, shown in the'drawings' a'sa beam 10that has e-maybeen previously fixed to the skeleton 1 framework of thebuilding I: in: any well renown manner;

In itsbroadest a'spect,.the preferred hanger "of the present inventioncomprises 5 a leg 12,. supported by the" beanr or' other supportingframework 10, and asupporting member 14, .forsupporting the joist 2 orother structurejto be supported, .and that is adjustable along the'leg12'so1 as to be capable'oif supp'ortingflthe' joist in any desiredposition along'the member 12, and that iswho'lly renioya ble from theleg 12; The'legf 12 may extend in i any desired direction from thesupporting beam 10, but as itis desired, in the present insta'nce' tosupport theheavy, horizontally disposed plinth, it. is shownextendingdownward. I Thesupporting member 1a is provided. with an openin16 through which the l2 extends freely A clamp 18, t'hroughanopening'il) of which the leg 12 extends, is provided with a clamping setscrew 22for'clamping"tlie clamp l8 tothe leg" 12, and thereby. securingthe supp orting member in" any desired adjusted position. I i

To facilitatetlie mounting of the hanger ill) illustrated at the rightin Fig. 1. be thought desirable, on the other hand, to

over the supporting beam 10, the leg 12 is preferably bent at 24 and 26to form a U- shaped member. The bends 24 and 26 are made right angular,so that the U may fit snugly over the beam 10. A spacer or spreader 28may be employed for the legs 12 and 30 of the U and may be provided withopenings 82 and 3 1- through which the legs may extend. A clamp 36,similar to the clamp 18, may be mounted upon the leg 80 to maintain thespreader 28 tightly against the supporting beam 10. The supporting beam10 is thus enclo:ed between the bend of the U and the spreader 28 andthe hanger is tightly and rigidly clamped to the supporting beam. lit isfound, in practice, that the friction of the legs 12 and 30 against thewalls of the openings 32 and 34 will usually be sufiicient to maintainthe spreader I in position without the aid of the clamp 36.

The clamp 36 may then be omitted, as is It may employ a plurality ofclamps 18 upon the leg 12, as is shown at the left in Fig. 1.

here A, B, G and D of the plinth, their legs 12 extending through aplurality of openings 16 in a single supporting member 14. The hangersat the corners A and B may support the opposite ends of one or morejoists 2. The hangers atthe corners C and D may similarly support theopposite ends of other joists 2. The joists may, in turn, support theplinth, a plurality of joists 38 being preferably interposed. A veryeffective and easily manipulated support for the plinth is thusprovided. The supporting members 1% may be pushed upward to force thejoists 2 into tight engagement against the supporting beams 10 and thereclamped tight by the clamps 18. When it is desired to remove the plinth,after the concrete has set, the clamps 18 may be lowered and resecuredat a lower elevation upon the legs 12. The joists 2 and the plinthsupported thereby may then be easily removed, element I for element. Ifdesired, the clamps 18 may be removed altogether, and the plinth takendown as a unit.

The preferred hanger of the present inyention may be cheaply constructedof iron rod or bar that is circular or square in cross section by simplybending the rod or bar at 24: and 26. The only additional apparatusrequired are the clamps 18 and 36, one for ach hanger, the spreader 28,one for each hanger, and the supporting member 14, one for a pluralityof the hangers. The spreaders 28 and the supporting members 1A may be ofwood.

lit will be clear that the invention is capable of considerablemodification and change by persons skilled in the art, and such modfications and changes are considered to be within the scope of thepresent invention. as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is 1. A hanger comprising a downwardly extendingleg adapted to be secured to support, means for clamping the leg to thesupport, floor building structure being adapted to be tightly clamped tothe support, means for holding the building structure tightly clamped totie support, the holding means being verticall 7 adjustable upon the legthrough a substantial range of vertical adjustment, and means foradjustably securing the holding means to the leg in a plurality ofsubstantially different positions along the vertical to permit thebuilding structure to be supported by the holding means in a pluralityof substantially different positions along the vertical.

2. A hanger comprising a U-shaped member adapted to be mounted over asupport, a spacer for the legs of the U, means carried by one of thelegs of the U for clamping the spacer to the support, and supportingmeans carried by the other leg of the U.

3. A hanger comprising a U-shaped member adapted to be mounted over asuaport, means carried by one of the legs of the U for clamping themember to the support, and means carried by the other leg of the U foradjustably supporting a building structure.

41-. A hanger comprising a plurality of U- ehaoed members adapted to bemounted over a supporting beam, a plurality of spacers; one for eachU-shaped member, and each having openin s through which the legs of thecorresponding U-shaped member extend, so as to cause the beam to beenclosed between the bends of the Us and the spacers, and means carriedby one leg of each ii shaped member for supporting a joist.

5. A hanger comprising a U-shaped member adapted to be mounted over abeam, a spacer having openings through which the legs of the t5 extendso as to cause the beam to be enclosed between the bend of the L5 andthe spreader, means carried by one of the legs of the U for clamping thehanger to the beam, a joist-supporting member having an opening throughwhich the other leg of the U extends, and means carried by said otherleg for adjustably clamping the joist-supporting member and the joist tothe beam.

6. A hanger comprisin a plurality of U-shaped rods adapted to be mountedover a support, a spacer for each U-shaped rod, and a supporting memberadjustably mounted on one leg of each of the Us for adjustablysupporting a building structure.

7. A hanger comprising a' plurality of U- shaped members adapted to bemounted over a support, means for securing the U-shaped llt members tothe support, and a supporting member secured to one leg of each or theUs having a plurality of openings through which the said legs extend.

8. The combination with a supporting beam and a joist that is adapted tobe supported thereby, of a plurality of U-shaped members mounted overthe beam, a plurality of spacers eachhaving openings through which thelegs of one of the U-shaped members extend, so as to cause the beam tobe enclosed between the bends of the Us and the spacers, means foradjustably clamping the corresponding U-shaped members and thecorresponding spacers to the beam, a joist-supporting member havingopenings through which extend one leg of each U- shaped member, andmeans carried by said last-named legs for adjustably clamping the'joistsupporting member and the joist to the beam.

9. A hanger comprising a U-shaped member adapted to be mounted over asupport, means for clamping the U-shaped member to the support, andmeans carried by one of the legs of the U for adjustably supportabuilding structure through a substantial range of adjustment.

10. A hanger comprising a U-shaped member adapted to be mounted over asupport, a

spacer for the legs of the U, and adjustable supporting means carried byone of the legs of the U for adjustably supporting a building structurethrough a substantial range of adjustment.

1.1. A hanger comprising a plurality of U-shaped members adapted to bemounted over a support, means carried by one leg of each U-shaped memberfor supporting a buildin structure, and means for clamping thebuiiding-supporting means in position upon the said legs.

12. A hanger comprising a plurality of U-shaped members adapted to bemounted over a support with a leg of each U extending downwardly, amember carried by the said legs for supporting a floor buildingstructure, the member having a substantial range of adjustment upon thesaid legs along the vertical to adapt it to support the buildingstructure in a plurality of substantially diiferent positions along thevertical, means carried by the said legs for holding the member and thebuilding structure tightly clamped to the support, the holding meansbeing vertically adjustable upon the said legs through a substantialrange of vertical adjustment, and means for adjustably securing theholding means to the said legs in a plurality of substantially differentpositions along the vertical to permit the member and the buildingstructure to be supported by the holding means in a plurality of substantially different positions along the vertical.

18. A hanger comprising a plurality of U-shaped members adapted to bemounted over a support, a plurality of spacers, one for each U-shapedmember, a member carried by one leg of each Ushaped member forsupporting a building structure, means carried by the said. legs forholding the memher and the building structure tightly clamped to thesupport, the holding means being adjustable upon the said legs, andmeans for adjust-ably securing the holding means to the said legs in aplurality of different positions to permit the member and the buildingstructure to be supported by the holding means in a plurality ofditlerent positions.

14. A device of the class described co1nprising a member having a legand a portion bent away from the log, a member adjust ably mounted uponthe leg, the said portion and the. adjustably mounted member beingadapted to engage a support between them, means for clamping the supportbetween the said portion and the adjustably mounted member, andsupporting means mounted upon the leg.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 6th dayof December, 1920.

JOHN L. PULTZ. WILLIAM M. BAILEY.

